OSHA Inspection: GUNTER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

2024-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $5647.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1):The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  At the temporary jobsite  located at 15325 S. Pflumm Rd. Olathe, Kansas, employees performing concrete dowel drilling activities were exposed to health hazards in that the employer had not determined, through a medical evaluation, the employees' ability to use a respirator before the employee(s) are fit tested or required to use a respirator. Employees were required to use 3M N95 respirators.

Issued

2024-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9680.00 · Current $6776.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2):Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  At the temporary jobsite  located at 15325 S. Pflumm Rd. Olathe, Kansas, employees performing concrete dowel drilling activities were exposed to health hazards in that the employer had not  provided a fit test for employee(s) required to use  3M N95 respirators prior to use.

Issued

2024-10-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $22583.00 · Current $15808.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(c)(1):For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1.  At the jobsite located at 15325 S. Pflumm Rd. Olathe, Kansas, employees performing dowel Drilling activities were exposed to silica hazards. The employer failed to implement engineering and work practice controls as outlined in Table 1 to reduce employee exposure to silica dust.  Gunter Construction Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.1153(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1589344 , citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on July 19, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 6300 MO Hwy 9, Parkville, MO. 64152.